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Films aren't so much born as worried into existence, and with some films the worrying — the concern that the audience won't get it, or get out for it, or make the required time commitment — never stops. Take, for example, "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby." There are three separate versions afoot. The one available currently came into being at the insistence of producer Harvey Weinstein, whose company backed writer-director Ned Benson's ambitious story of a marriage. Benson conceived of his project as two separate films. One, subtitled "Him," was written, filmed and edited to explore the male protagonist's point of view. The other,...

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Films aren't so much born as worried into existence, and with some films the worrying — the concern that the audience won't get it, or get out for it, or make the required time commitment — never stops.
Take, for example, "The Disappearance of...

"THE GREATEST deception men suffer is from their own opinions," said Leonardo da Vinci.
I WENT to a confounding movie last week, titled "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby." It stars a number of my favorite actors, including Jessica...

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